James Rettig

Over the weekend, a video went viral of a security guard crying while Kendrick Lamar performed “LOVE” at his show in Houston. The guard, whose name is Devyn Sanford, was interviewed by the local Fox TV station after the clip started circulating. “I woke up the next day and it was everywhere,”  » Read More

Last month, Kero Kero Bonito’s Sarah Midori Perry revealed a new solo project called Cryalot with “Hell Is Here.” She’s releasing her debut EP, Icarus, next month, and today she’s back with another new song from it, “Touch The Sun,” which is brighter and sweeter than its predecessor.  » Read More

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The rousing Boston emo band Future Teens have announced a new album, Self Help, their full-length follow-up to 2019’s Breakup Season. It includes last month’s “Same Difference” and new single “BYOB,” a chugging, melodic track about bandleader Amy Hoffman’s journey toward sobriety.  » Read More

This week, Joyce Manor touring guitarist Neil Berthier is releasing AT SOME POINT YOU STOP, his latest album under the name PHONY. We’ve heard “Kaleidoscope” and “Summer’s Cold” from it already, and today he’s back with another new single, “The Middle.”  » Read More

Last month, the Brooklyn Band To Watch THICK announced their second album, Happy Now, with “Loser.” Today, they’re back with another single, the chiming and catchy “Tell Myself.” “As you get older, you sometimes look at your little-kid self and wish you could give them a hug and tell them everything’s going to be okay,”  » Read More

Sylvan Esso debuted a whole new album during their performance at Newport Folk Festival on Sunday. That new album is called No Rules Sandy, and it’ll be out on August 12. Immediately following their performance, the North Carolina duo also shared a new single, “Didn’t Care,” which appears on the LP alongside the previously released “  » Read More

The Houston rapper Maxo Kream is down under this week for a series of shows in Australia and New Zealand. Last night at a show in Sydney, Maxo paused the show to break up a fight. He brought the two audience members up on stage, gave them a second on the mic to explain what happened,  » Read More

Neil Young has not performed live since the pre-pandemic days of 2019, and it doesn’t look like he’ll be returning to the stage any time soon. In a recently posted response to a fan letter on his official website’s publication The NYA Times Contrarian, Young clarified that he will not appear at Farm Aid later this year.  » Read More